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| Monday 28 May 2007 |
| 09:00
- 10:00 |
Opening Session
Chair: Mr. Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor, ICT and Science & Technology Division, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Opening Remarks:
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Opening speech by Mrs. Carla Moiana, Deputy Director of Infrastructure and Information Systems, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Mozambique
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10:00
- 11:00 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
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Session I : Setting the Scene
Chair: Mr. Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor, ICT and Science & Technology Division, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Rapporteur: Mrs Olive Chikankheni, Director Information Systems and Technology Management, Malawi |
11:00
– 11:15 |
Status of national and sectoral ICT policies with a special focus on e-government applications in Africa, Ms. Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor, ECA
[Format:  ]
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11:15
– 11:30 |
Outcomes of the ICTs, Gender and e-Government Workshop held in Tunis, Tunisia from 19 – 21 June 2006, Mme. Faïza Azzouz, Chargée de Mission au Cabinet du Ministre, Ministère de Technologies de la Communication, Tunisia |
11:30
– 11:45 |
Outcomes of the e-discussion on ICTs, Gender and e-Government Ms. Sophia Huyer, Canada [Format: ] |
11:45
– 13:00 |
Q&A session |
13:00
– 14:30 |
Lunch |
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Session II : The Gender dimension in national and sectoral ICT policies & applications
Chair: Mrs Aida Opoku Mensah, Director ICT and Science and Technology Division-UNECA
Rapporteur: Mr. Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor, ECA
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14:30
– 14:45 |
From Access to Opportunity: Mainstreaming Gender in E-Governance, Ms. Sophia Huyer - Executive Director of WIGSAT [Format: ] |
14:45
– 15:00 |
Harmonization and Mainstreaming of ICT and e-Government initiatives into National Development Framework and Systems, Ms. Baloko Makala, Resource person- Rwanda [Format: ] |
15:00
– 15:15 |
ICTs, e-government and women: the case of Mozambique, Mr. Simeao V. Cambaco, Information Policy Commission, Mozambique [Format: ] |
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Mainstreaming of Gender into ICT and e-government: A South African Perspective, Ms. Petronella Linders – Chief Director - Gender, Disability, Youth and Children Department of Communications |
16:00
– 16:30 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
16:30
– 18:00 |
Knowledge sharing session on lessons learnt in online government services delivery: opportunities and challenges, Country delegates (Botswana,
Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Zambia)
Moderator: Mme Opportune Santos, Gender and ICT Consultant |
18:30
– 20:00 |
Reception, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Mozambique |
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| Tuesday 29 May 2007 |
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Session III: ICTs, e-Government and gender: pre-requisites, challenges and opportunities
Chair: Mme. Faïza Azzouz, Chargée de Mission au Cabinet du Ministre, Ministère de Technologies de la Communication, Tunisia
Rapporteur: Mr. Isaac Kofie Danner, Member ICT policy development team, Sierra Leone |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Lifting up women's access to higher education and S&T: challenges and opportunities, Dr Ahmed Hussein- Assistant Professor/Academic Director HILCOE School of Computer Science and Technology [Format: ] |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Gender & Poverty Reduction – Rwanda ICT Policy, Mr. Moses Bayingana, Coordinator, NICI II Implementation Program - RITA, Rwanda [Format: ] |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Enabling better e-government service delivery using mobile technologies: m-Government, Ms. Aida Opoku-Mensah, Director, ISTD, ECA [Format: ] |
| 09:45 - 10:30 |
Q&A session |
10:30
– 11:00 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Video show – Celebrating Women Empowerment in Rwanda |
| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Session IV: Break out sessions on enabling environment for the formulation and implementation of gender sensitive e-Government policies and applications in Africa and Framework for a Pan African Action Plan for ICTs, Gender and e-Government
Briefing on expected outcomes from Working Groups, Mr Assefa Bahta, Project Officer, ePol-NET , ECA |
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11:45
– 13:00 |
Working Groups by themes:
Groupe A: Putting in place an enabling environment for the formulation and implementation of gender sensitive e-Government policies and applications in Africa
Moderator: Mr. Isaac Kofie Danner, Member ICT policy development team, Sierra Leone
Rapporteur: Mr. Moses Bayingana, African Technical Advisory Committee on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
Groupe B: Framework for a Pan African Action Plan for ICTs, Gender and e-Government
Moderator: Ms. Sophia Huyer, Executive Director, WIGSAT
Rapporteur: Mrs Olive Chikankheni, Director Information Systems and Technology Management, Malawi |
13:00
– 14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30
– 16:00 |
Working Groups by themes (Cont'd) |
16:00
– 16:30 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
| 16:30
– 18:00 |
Working Groups by themes (Cont'd) |
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| Wednesday 30 May 2007 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Session V: Presentation of recommendations of working groups to plenary
Chair: Mr. Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor, ISTD/ECA
Rapporteur: Ms. Sophia Huyer, Executive Director, WIGSAT
Group A: Mr. Moses Bayingana, Coordinator, NICI II Implementation Program - RITA, Rwanda [Format:  ]
Group B: Mrs Olive Chikankheni, Director, Information Systems and Technology Management, Malawi [Format: ]
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
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Session VI: Wrap up and Recommendations
Chair: Mr. Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Advisor, ISTD/ECA |
11:00
– 12:00 |
Presentation of the Draft Maputo Framework for an African Action Plan for ICTs, Gender and e-Government, Ms. Sophia Huyer, Executive Director, WIGSAT [Format: ] |
12:00
– 13:00 |
Closing Remarks:
Ms. Aida Opoku-Mensah, Director, ISTD/ECA
H.E. Mr. Venancio Massingue, Minister of Science and Technology, Government of Mozambique |
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